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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2016-03-04 11:31:26 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2016-03-04 11:31:26 -0400
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So, a reverse filter may need some state that was collected when running
the filter forwards, in order to decide what to do.
+Alternatively, instead of reverse filtering the whole adjusted tree,
+look at just the new commit that's being propigated back from the
+adjusted to master branch. Get the diff from it to the previous
+commit; the changes that were made. Then de-adjust those changes,
+and apply the changes to the master branch.
+
## push
The new master branch can then be pushed out to remotes. The